REHOBOTH — The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee requested a recount on Tuesday morning of the narrow Rehoboth vote against a ballot question to allow the town to fund roof repairs of the district’s shared high school.

During a town election on Monday, the ballot question lost by just two votes, with a total of 1,362 votes cast and 17 percent voter participation, according to results provided by the Rehoboth town clerk. The vote count on Monday night showed that 655 people voted against the measure to fund the high school roof repair, with 653 voting fot it and with 54 blanks that were registered.

The extremely close vote against the high school roof project — with a total estimated price tag of $6,698,587, of which 52 percent was to be covered by state funding — comes amid ongoing contention about assessments for the two towns. A problem with the method used to determine the towns’ assessments came to light in January, when it was discovered that Dighton was being charged $1 million more than it should have been, the school committee said.

A similar, but separate, ballot question to fund roof repairs at the Beckwith Middle School, located in Rehoboth, passed on Monday, with 735 voting for the proposal and 568 voting against it.

The regional school committee requested a recount petition for all three precincts related to the high school roof project vote, said Rehoboth Town Clerk Laura Schwall. They must now gather 10 signatures in favor of a recount from each of the three precincts before they can be certified, Schwall said.

Schwall said that the committee has to return the petitions no later than 5 p.m. on the tenth day after the election.

“We will be guided through the process with town counsel,” Schwall said.

Raymond Medeiros, chair of the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee, said that Monday’s vote is “still somewhat clouded,” and that the number of blanks registered on the high school roof vote “is confusing” to him. He urged voters in Dighton, who are voting on a similar ballot question on Saturday, to support the high school roof project.

“I personally was saddened by the low turnout in Rehoboth,” Medeiros said. “The decisions on the two roofs was a critical issue and to have only 17 percent of the electorate participate is disappointing, considering that the high school bond issue lost by a mere two votes. … There will be a request for a recount since there was such a small difference between those in favor and those against the high school bond.”

The high school roof project received approval for 52 percent reimbursement through an accelerated school repair program offered through the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee approved that state funding on Jan. 29, and the MSBA has 120-day deadline from that day for the towns to approve funding for the project.

According to MSBA policy, which is available online, in the event of a failed vote for funding by a town in the regional district, by no later than 10 business days following the failed vote the school district must submit to the MSBA a plan that presents the vote results, explains why the school district believes the vote failed and sets forth the school district’s plan to remedy the failed vote, along with a suggested timeline for such a remedy. The policy says that if the vote fails, the school district will likely have to start from square one.

“The MSBA will review the plan and determine whether it can continue to set aside MSBA funds for the proposed project,” the policy says. “However, a failed local vote likely will result in the school district being required to submit a new Statement of Interest to the MSBA and await an invitation from the MSBA to enter the Eligibility Period phase of the MSBA’s process.”